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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Miriam Quiambao Stands Up Against the LGBT Community

Well, I applaud Ms. Quiambao's courage to stand up for the truth. I support her conviction on the issue of not allowing transgenders to join a pageant that is meant for "real women". Miriam has nothing to apologize for what she said. The LGBT's reaction to her statement clearly shows who's got a problem.

c/o Anthony Perez, Prolife Philippines

Former Miss Universe runner-up and beauty queen Miriam Quiambao just
did the unthinkable by making herself an enemy of the LGBT community.

She has caught the ire of the LGBT sector when she tweeted last
Sunday: “Homosexuality is not a sin but it is a lie from the devil. Do
not be deceived. God loves gays and wants them to know the truth.”

This all started when she publicly
disagreed with the Miss Universe Organization’s policy of accepting
transgenders in the pageant. She fanned the flames further after a guest
appearance on Boy Abunda’s talk show “The Bottomline” Saturday night on
ABS-CBN in which she was quoted as saying, “Homosexuality is not the one that makes you a sinner. Actually, sexual immorality is what makes you a sinner.”

The backlash against Quiambao has been severe but not altogether
surprising. Later that same day, Miriam also initially issued a
qualified apology with the tweet, “I’m sorry if the truth offends some people…” before tweeting the more categorical, “I’m sorry LGBT. Perhaps I was too harsh with the words I used. Will do my best to be more sensitive.”

Quiambao is a born-again Christian who constantly uses Twitter in order to spread her faith.

No Apologies Necessary

It seems that some people have become so distorted in their view of
the truth. Right has become wrong and wrong has become right. We are
living in an upside-down world.

Miriam Quiambao has spoken the truth about homosexuality and that
truth has hurt a lot of people. But in order to avoid the truth
altogether, they take it on the messenger. There is nothing
categorically wrong with what Ms. Quiambao said and therefore no
apologies were needed, in my opinion. At the very least, all she did was
to voice out what she thought of the homosexual lifestyle. In fact, she
hit the nail right on its head as her Tweet contained the “love the
sinner, hate the sin” message.

We need to rally behind Ms. Quiambao in order to tell her that she is
not alone in her belief. To be truly pro-life we need to “put to rout
all that is not life”, as Thoreau puts it. The homosexual lifestyle is a
direct manifestation of the culture of death and is in direct conflict
with God’s plan for humanity.

Double Standard

RH Activist Carlos Celdran has some of the most scathing tweets for
Quiambao: “When did you become a freakshow? Dahell? Didn’t see this one
coming. Wow. You need help, woman.”

Celdran and the LGBT community are quick to cry ‘foul’ when it comes
to ‘discrimination’ against homosexuals. Almost automatically, they
unleash their verbal counter-attack, calling anyone who goes against
their lifestyle ‘homophobic’ or ‘bigot’ or ‘hater’.

Herein lies the double standard.

They cry for equality and freedom
of speech and expression when they go about their homosexual activities,
but when it is our turn to express our disagreement over their
lifestyle, we are then called bigots and haters. What they are saying is
that we have to tolerate them and the homosexual culture that has
already crept its way into the media and entertainment industry, but
they cannot tolerate us when we disapprove of their actions.

The LGBT were free to express themselves. But Miriam cannot. Such is
the double standard these LGBT communities shove down our throats.

Weren’t Celdran et al the same guys who cried “freedom of expression” at the Kulo exhibit at the CCP?

I agree with what you said in this blog, "What they are saying is that we have to tolerate them and the homosexual culture that has already crept its way into the media and entertainment industry, but they cannot tolerate us when we disapprove of their actions."

I would love to support Miriam, especially that she has a number of haters right now. Just look at this blog post where some people even use the Bible even when they do not understand what it really says:http://allanistheman.blogspot.com/2012/05/open-letter-to-miriam-quiambao.html

I hope many people would try to first read and try to understand God's word before using it for any kind of debate where only their views matter to them.

Miriam is just being true to her faith. It does not surprise me anymore that anybody who says things like this will be attacked. They did it to Miriam. They also did it to Manny Pacquiao. What else can you expect?

But wouldn't it be great if they (the LGBT community) would sit down for a moment, examine their hearts fully and their core beliefs regarding homosexuality, and come to a dialogue instead of responding with hate and vile words?

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